Starship Artist

Summary

Join DECA Games as a Starship Artist and become a key contributor to the visual creation of our game world. Collaborate with a talented team to model, texture, and implement spaceships within our game engine. You will bring your passion for hard surface and sci-fi vehicle modeling to life, working from concepts to game-ready assets. This remote position offers flexible hours and a supportive, collaborative environment within a globally distributed team. We value creativity, technical skill, and a commitment to high-quality visuals. As a remote-first company, you can work from anywhere in the world within the CET timezone.

Requirements

• Proven experience in 3D art creation for video games, particularly in MMOs or open-world games
• Strong hard surface modeling skills, including ability to create high-quality hero props with high detail
• Ability to faithfully recreate complex objects from 2D concept art or reference, paying close attention to detail
• Proficiency in industry-standard 3D modeling and texturing software (e.g., Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop)
• Strong understanding of lighting, composition, and color theory
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Ability to provide feedback to outsourcers
• A good understanding of MMO games, storytelling, and world-building

Responsibilities

• Create visually stunning and detailed models of starships from a well-known IP
• Creatively model based on rudimentary concepts or references, showing an understanding of the goals of the design, to final, game-ready models
• Produce game-ready textures and materials for our proprietary material pipeline, emphasizing realism and visual appeal
• Collaborate with technical artists and engineers to optimize assets for in-game performance while maintaining artistic integrity
• Work closely with art directors, designers, and other artists to ensure that starship art aligns with the game's overall vision and IP constraints
• Collaborate with the design team to find new and interesting ways to create ships, combat, and powers
• Provide feedback on art created by other team members, ensuring it meets the established standards
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and asset libraries for starship art assets

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with modeling and UV unwrapping using trim sheet textures
• Knowledge of game development pipelines and the ability to work with various game engines, as well as experience with in-house engines

Benefits

• Remote first company culture
• Flexible work hours to support a personal work-life balance
• Weekly remote Embodiment@Work breathing and workout exercises
• Online language classes: English, German, French, Spanish etc
• Working in a multicultural environment with people from over 30 different countries
• Flat hierarchies with an open-door policy